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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
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  • Subject: [NAFEX] turtles (off-topic, Pomona article)
  • Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:03:41 +0000

The current Pomona has a great article by Bruce Hansen, 'Fall Peace'. Very well written, it certainly put me in mind of my favorite woods. But he mentions rescuing turtles from roads and releasing them near his pond. In Wisconsin (I don't know about Michigan) "box turtle" is a dry prairie species which needs open dry sand more than it needs open water. And it's my understanding that wetland turtles are crossing a road to get to "their" pond, and they will keep moving until they find "their" pond. (This may be just one species, or a couple species, I don't know if applies to all.) In short, transporting turtles away from a road to a quiet friendly pond may be the intuitive thing, but it may be worse for the turtle than just helping it get across the road.






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